Ignacio Coronel Villarreal

Well, Armando Valencia was at the very heart of that arrangement.

And so as that network built itself, he made a strategic alliance with the drug lord that controls Jalisco, a gentleman named Nacho Coronel.

And so between these two, Coronel and Armando Valencia, they created what was effectively the most powerful faction within Sinaloa.

You know, everyone focused on Chapo, whereas there were at least four, if not five, other kingpins that were significantly more important, one of whom was Armando Valencia.

Like you get a little too much power outside of the core Sinaloa network, he's want to take them down.

And so when Armando Valencia gets, gets knocked off, Lobo Valencia takes over.

And Lobo Valencia, working with Nacho Coronel, is the one who created the paramilitary wing with respect to Jalisco and solidified control over the ports in Colima, the airport in Mexico City, the airport in Guadalajara.

And so these two built such a powerful faction that you...